[
US
/ənˈjuzd/
]
ADJECTIVE
-
not yet put into use
we bought an unused car for a change -
not in active use
the machinery sat idle during the strike
idle hands -
not yet used or soiled
a fresh sheet of paper
an unused envelope
a fresh shirt
How To Use unused In A Sentence
- We cannot support all the shops we have already, so a few more very expensive units can only remain empty and unused.
- If the house is fairly tight, the simplest route for makeup air to enter the structure is often the unused fireplace chimney.
- Each pound of fat your body stores represents 3,500 calories of unused energy.
- Developers buy old, unused, dilapidated hotels and redevelop them into brand new upscale luxury condos.
- I came away with a gladdened heart and a burning desire to lobby the body corporate of my work building to donate an unused display cabinet for similar gallery concept. Unexpected pleasures
- How much better to see a redundant farm building re-developed for a new purpose than to let it remain unused.
- The resulting alchemy, about an 80/20 ratio of corn to barley, is then aged in barrels that have housed French pinot noir and American whiskey, as well as new unused barrels. Tony Sachs: When the Leaves Turn Brown, So Does the Booze: Three New Whiskeys for Autumn
- The measure provides rules that allow for the "carryforward" into subsequent years of unused limitations and excess credit. Hawaii Reporter
- The aldactone and male pattern balding may actually see as unused unless you frequency the initial similarity and feeling your insufficiency has prescribed. Wii-volution
- The rackets and rods remained unused but we gave the excellent wine list some serious investigation.